Átján

Old Norse Dictionary - átján

Meaning of Old Norse word "átján" in English.

As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:

átján: older form áttján, as shewn by assonances such as, áttján Haraldr sáttir, Fms. vi. 159, in a verse of the middle of the 11th century [Swed. adertan; Dan. atten; Engl. eighteen; Germ. achtzehn]:—eighteen, Edda 108, Hkr. ii. 289, n. G. l. i. 114.

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛅᛏᛁᛅᚾ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements

Abbreviations used:

Dan.: Danish.

Engl.: English.

Germ.: German.

gl.: glossary.

l.: line.

L.: Linnæus.

m.: masculine.

n.: neuter.

Swed.: Swedish.

Works & Authors cited:

Edda: Edda. (C. I.)

Fms.: Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)

Hkr.: Heimskringla. (E. I.)

N. G. L.: Norges Gamle Love. (B. II.)

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